F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Penserra Capital Management LLC

Penserra Capital Management LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 10.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 310,750 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 36,146 shares during the quarter. F5 makes up approximately 1.2% of Penserra Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Penserra Capital Management LLC owned approximately 0.54% of F5 worth $100,430,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth about $45,000. CNB Bank acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $49,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $49,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $35,625,047.77. This trade represents a 0.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director directly owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 17,042 shares of company stock valued at $4,294,061 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Recent fundamentals and investor focus from the Q4 call: analysts’ takeaways and key questions from F5’s Q4 earnings call (the company reported an EPS beat and raised guidance previously), which provide a fundamental counterbalance to legal headlines. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest note in the feed appears to show anomalous/zero reported short data for early February — not a clear market signal on its own; treat that entry as unreliable until corroborated by official exchange short‑interest reports.
• Negative Sentiment: Widespread class‑action notices and solicitations from multiple law firms alleging that F5 misled investors about product security and an alleged undetected intrusion/source‑code exposure — firms include Hagens Berman, Rosen, Glancy, Pomerantz and others; the publicity and potential damages/legal costs are likely pressuring the stock. Read More. Read More. Read More. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Bank of America lowered their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $274.63 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $261.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $286.35. The company has a market cap of $15.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a PEG ratio of 8.04 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.84 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

F5 Company Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.